Another Mishap

The doctors called Josh this morning around 7:30. There was a complication while inserting her central line (a line in her neck to give her some medications). Her left lung was accidentally punctured (which enlarged her pneumothorax). Therefore, they didn't get the line in. Josh and I (Judi-Jenni's twin sister) went back this morning and stayed until they kicked us out to to put in the chest tube. (this will help to reinflate her left lung). She is stable and still sedated. She opened her eyes right before we left. We kissed her on the forehead, told her we love her and left.

ICU Waiting Room (Part II) and Fixing an Email Issue

I'm sitting in the waiting room again, waiting for the next set of visitation hours. I was able to speak with one of the doctors about her and he told me that her case of pneumothorax is mild... not the fully collapsed lung that I envisioned when I started researching the condition online. There is air in her chest cavity outside of the lung, but it isn't one of the more severe cases of pneumothorax.

I also just learned that the email subscription that I set up on the site only provides updates once per day. I'm about to check the settings on the service to fix this issue, but as of right now, if you want up-to-the-minute news you'll have to either subscribe to the RSS feed (which you can check with Google Reader or other services) or keep checking the site. I'm working on it, but I only have a few minutes before visiting hours resume and I don't know if I'll be able to fix it until later. Hopefully I'll find a quick fix... sorry for the delays on information...

ICU Waiting Room

I'm sitting in the ICU waiting room. They have taken her back and wouldn't let me come with her, but they're supposed to be coming out to get me when she has settled and all of the machinery is connected.

The nurse who just visited mentioned that the last x-ray showed evidence of a pneumothorax (collapsed lung). Judi described the treatment for that, and I'm praying that isn't the problem.

Hopefully I'll know more soon...